Studies and facts are mixed to explain the movement of technology as a

“automation apocalypse”. Economists in the UK and USA, and University studies as

well, claim to find the jobs and tasks that are going to be replaced by technology

advancements. Tables with the specific jobs that will be the most affected in the most

affected to the least in a percentage order and other table with the “safest Jobs” in this
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“revolution”, are presented with a brief explanation to create awareness to future

generations. At the end they explain since the movement is already happening how can

you prepare yourself in such situation.

This information its important in my paper because it represents the media awareness of

the problem, informing people about the problem using facts and claiming it’s a problem we

should worry about it’s a big component in this paper, and this information is a reinforcement of

that.

- N/A (2016, June 25 ). Automation and Anxiety- the impact on jobs-The Economist
https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21700758-will-smarter-machines-cause-
mass-unemployment-automation-and-anxiety
The main point of this paper is to discuss whether “smartest machines cause mass

unemployment” or not. It starts with a story of a Doctor that is surprised by the

advancements of technology in his field and how it is much faster and efficient than

some people work is. After that some facts are thrown about how computerization is

being applied in different parts of the world by some of the mayor companies,

economist being concerned by technology in some fields.

this paper has a table that show us society fear in different occupations, such as

dentists, economists, retail salespeople and more. At the end the paper explains that

there are different ways to see this advancement change, there is an optimistic and a

pessimistic side of the problem, they claim that the reality and result of this

advancement is probably in between.

The importance of this paper in mine is that it provides me a different aspect to

see this concern and it allows me to understand this and their reaction. A less

pessimistic view is not bad, we can see the aspects of it and come to conclusions.
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- [PBS NewsHour] (2015, May 15). Will your job get outsourced to a robot? [videoFile].

Retrieved From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-naGYaiAlFA .

PBS News Hour explains how AI and Robotics are seen often now in our life’s,

introducing the main idea of new technologies being used for a better result than most of

the human population would it have, using examples that we all can understand such as a

poker game. The main idea to transmit in this video is how technology is advancing

creating new opportunities and taking some off the people in those areas, or even in any

work area. The outcome of the raise of technologies is unknown or at least we don’t know

how big or bad it could become in a near future.

This video is important in my discussion because it fully supports the idea of AI

advancement as a threat to society. This video explains how bad it looks at the job field in

the future. All this info that PBS provided me will make my paper more credible.